Polartec, the premium provider of innovative textile solutions, will show its flame resistant (FR) and workwear fabric technologies at the National Safety Council exposition October 17–19, 2016 in Anaheim, CA. The brand is the only full service solutions provider to the FR market offering comfort and compliance at every layer, for all environments. Polartec FR fabrics dry two times faster than cotton, reducing Arc Flash burn potential by 50 percent.

Each year WGSN Global Fashion Awards take place each year in London to celebrate and reward what's new and next in fashion from breakthrough garment designs all the way to retail settings. Polartec is please to take home the Meryl® Sport/Activewear Design Award, which is given to the brand that is truly setting the agenda in this growing and increasingly influential sector.

The Tromsø Skyrace is a physically demanding and technical trail running race in the heart of the Norwegian wilderness. Polartec is proud to stand alongside Salomon as a partner of the Tromsø Skyrace. Each competitor will be equipped with a Salomon jacket made of Polartec fabric.

Polartec announces its sponsorship of partner brand Red Fox’s 14th annual Red Fox Adventure Race to be held June 11-14, 2015 in Russia. Polartec will sponsor the first-ever all female team, the first American team in five years, outfitted in Red Fox apparel made of Polartec fabrics, comprised of Jimi Alida, Shawnie Mulligan, Kathleen Wickam, and Amy Caldwell.

Alongside three other brands, Polartec has been nominated and shortlisted for the Meryl® Sport/Activewear Design Award. This award category aims to find the brand that is truly setting the agenda in the growing and increasingly influential sector that is activewear.

The Polartec sponsored Millet Expedition Project (MXP) is a springboard for future talent of mountain sports. The support provided by the project allows adventurers to consider seriously ambitious projects. The themes revolve around different types of projects like pure performance, environmental, or community projects. Check out this year's submissions, and vote on one for Millet and Polartec to support!

The series offers experienced fatty-riders and newcomers alike the opportunity to shake off the cold, embrace the season and spend time with friends on bikes. There will be Expert and Sport classes at each event. Series points will be tabulated across all events and Series winners will be announced at the Grand Finale!

Pete Gaston and Whit Boucher put the breathability of their new Polartec® NeoShell® outerwear to the test with a lunch hotlap in Highland Bowl, running out of Strafe HQ at the base of Aspen Highlands to rip one in under an hour, door to door.

In 2013, Polartec Challenge winners Mateusz and Agnieska Waligora attempted to cycle across the 1,850km Canning Stock Route in Australia. Due to extremely poor weather conditions, they were forced to pack up and go back to Poland without completing it. This year, Mateusz returned to attempt again.

Lawrence, Mass. - Polartec, LLC announces the winners of its annual Polartec APEX Award, recognizing the finest Polartec-based products available to consumers fall 2014 and spring 2015. Judges selected winners based on the style, function, workmanship, and overall design of garments with the most innovative and appropriate uses of Polartec fabrics.

Polartec, LLC, the world’s premier manufacturer of performance fabrics, has entered into an exclusive global distribution agreement with Finetex EnE, Inc., a leading manufacturer of filtration materials, to bring to market a revolutionary collection of highly water resistant and highly breathable soft shell fabrics under the Polartec® Power Shield® Pro brand name.

Codet's Big Bill® brand, a leading manufacturer of work wear for the oil, gas, petrochemical, electrical utility, power generation, mining and industrial markets, has partnered with Polartec® to produce a full layering system of high performance garments using Polartec's Flame Resistant (FR) fabric technology.

For one month this winter, four testers wore both jackets while skiing front - and backcountry in the mountains of Vermont, Colorado and Utah. Conditions ranged from snow squalls to bright sunshine, and temperatures varied from close to freezing to as low as -30ºF. The verdict? NeoShell comes out on top.